Religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning among African Americans: The mediating role of religious support

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-283

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Wang, Min Qi ^a   Clark, Eddie M ^b   Williams, Beverly Rosa ^c   Schulz, Emily ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; depression; functioning; religion; religious support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874187788     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.717624     Document Type: Article

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